Karl Pearson
b. 27 March 1857
d. 27 April 1936
The publications of Pearson before 1900 related to Statistics are listed here. In 1900 he founded the journal Biometrika which became his primary outlet for research thereafter. Journal articles can be accessed through JSTOR.
- [1892] The Grammar of Science. The Contemporary Science Series, 17. Second edition 1900, London: Adam and Charles Black.
- [1893] Asymmetrical frequency curves. Nature, 48, pp. 615-16.
- [1894] Contributions to the mathematical theory of evolution. I. On the dissection of asymmetrical frequency curves. Phil. Trans. A, 185, pp. 71-110.
- [1894] Science and Monte Carlo. Fortnightly Revue, N.S., 55, pp. 183-93.
- [1895] Contributions to the mathematical theory of evolution. II. Skew variation in homogeneous material. Phil. Trans. A, 186, pp. 343-414.
- [1895] Note on regression and inheritance in the case of two parents. Proc. Roy. Soc., 58, pp. 240-1.
- [1895] On skew probability curves. Nature, 52, p. 317.
- [1896] Contributions to the mathematical theory of evolution. On the law of ancestral heredity. Proc. Roy. Soc., 62, pp. 386-412.
- [1896] Contributions to the mathematical theory of evolution. III. Regression, heredity and panmixia. Phil. Trans. A, 187, pp. 253-318.
- [1896] Mathematical contributions to the theory of evolution. Note on reproductive selection. J.R. Statist. Soc., 59, pp. 398-402. (Also Proc. Roy. Soc., 59, pp. 301-5.)
- [1896] with A. Lee. Mathematical contributions to the theory of evolution. On telegony in man, etc. Proc. Roy. Soc., 60, pp. 273-83. (Also 1897: J.R. Statist. Soc, 60, pp. 440-9.)
- [1897] with A. Lee. On the distribution of frequency (variation and correlation) of the barometric heights at diverse stations. Phil. Trans. A, 190, pp. 423-69.
- [1897] "The chances of death" and other studies in evolution. London: Edward Arnold. Volume 1, Volume 2.
- [1897] Cloudiness: Note on a novel case of frequency. Proc. Roy. Soc., 62, pp. 287-90.
- [1897] Mathematical contributions to the theory of evolution. On
a form of spurious correlation which may arise when indices are used in
the measurement of organs. Proc. Roy. Soc., 60, pp. 489-98.
- [1897] On the scientific measurement of variability. Natural Sci., 11, pp. 115-18.
- [1898] Mathematical contributions to the theory of evolution. On the law of ancestral heredity. Proc. Roy. Soc., 62, pp. 368-413.
- [1898] with L.N.G Filon. Mathematical contributions to the theory of
evolution. IV. On the probable errors of frequency constants and on the
influence of random selection on variation and correlation. Phil.
Trans. A, 191, pp. 229-311.
- [1898] Contributions to the mathematical theory of evolution. V. On the reconstruction of the stature of prehistoric races. Phil. Trans. A, 192, pp. 169-244.
- [1899] On
certain properties of the hypergeometrical series, and on the fitting
of such series to observation polygons in the theory of chance. Phil. Mag., (5) 47, pp. 236-46.
- [1899] with M. Beeton. Data for the problem of evolution in man.
II. A first study in the inheritance of longevity and the selective
deathrate in man. Proc. Roy. Soc., 65, pp. 356-7.
- [1899] Data for the problem of evolution in man. III. On the magnitude of certain coefficients of correlation in man, etc. Proc. Roy. Soc., 66, pp. 23-32.
- [1899] with A. Lee and L. Bramley-Moore. Mathematical
contributions to the theory of evolution. VI. Genetic (reproduction)
selection: Inheritance of fertility in man, and of fecundity in
thoroughbred race-horses. Phil. Trans. A, 192, pp. 257-330.